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All About: Kamden

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We are now halfway through the school year, and thankfully Kamden is seeing some improvements.  He can almost write his name and can finally cut out things with scissors without cutting through the pictures completely.   He is regularly (at school at least) initiating going to use the bathroom, and most days comes home dry.   Last Saturday, he was presented with a therapy bike called an Amtryke . His is equipped with both pedals and hand cranks and should help build his muscle tone. (One of his diagnoses is motor apraxia .) Most nights, he sleeps through the night with no night terrors and wakes up dry. The school is supposed to be trying to get a special needs aid to sit in on class with him to be a one on one help. Sadly, there are still a lot of things to work on as well. He still is considered about 3 years behind on his basic motor skills.   He is not able to recognize the physical cue to have a bowel movement. His mild OCD seems to be...

Mini Life Update

My gosh... I have got to get back to posting entries more regularly.  I love everyone who reads here, but not even so much for the sake for your having something to read.  Writing has become therapy for me.  I think at times I intentionally avoid writing because I don't want the "bad stuff" to show...but this is going to be something for me to look back on in the years to come and I need to have it documented to see where I've come from. Where to begin...  I am still working part time and going to school full time.  I changed my major to Biology and am working on a double degree in Genetic therapy and Pathology.  I should graduate with my associates degree in Biology in December 2015, if everything goes as planned.  I will then be spending two more semesters at my current college to complete a second associates in Psychology.  I'm not sure what the plan is after that.  I may stay really local until my bachelors level work is done, but after...